This is the first Fellini film I saw, and I think it’s a great way to start watching Fellini.

It has all the characteristic elements of the Fellini-esque: the little town that may-or-may-not-be Rimini, the sea, religion and the church, the carnival, the day after the party; and while it’s still a neo-realist exercise it’s much closer to his latter day work.

The connection to La Dolce Vita is pretty obvious, as Dolce Vita was originally titled “Moraldo in the City”.

A masterpiece.